Washing-machine



www' B. WRIGHT.

Washing Machine.

No. 237,653.6- f PatentedFemsJssL Il s NPETERS, BHOYO-UTHOGRAPHEFI.WASHINGTN. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BENJAMIN WRIGHT, OF HUDSON, MICHIGAN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,653, datedFebruary 8, 1881.

Application led September 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WEIGHT, of Hudson, in the county ofLenawee, and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing Machines 5 and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specieation. y

Myinvention relates to that class of washingmachines in which a slattedsegmental rocker oseillates over a segmental bed provided withcross-slats; and my improvements consist in making the curved bottom ofmy machine of thick zinc-plate and covering the same with alternatelythick and thin removable slats, and divers improvements in the mode ofconstruction, hereinafter particularly speciied.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation, inperspective, of myimproved machine, with the rocker raised up to avertical position upon its pivoted arms; and Fig. 2 is averticallongitudinal section ofthe same With the rocker turned down to itsworking position.

A is the body of the machine, and B is a curved metal bottom, which Iprefer to make of No. 18 zinc-plate. This metal plate is let intocorrespondiugly-curved grooves in the side pieces of the machine, so asto make a Water-tight joint. Said metal bottom is covered by a iioor ofalternately thick and thin cross-slats, b and b', and l prefer to makethe thick slats with corrugated faces, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends ofthe thick slats are rabbeted down tothe samet-hick ness with the thinslats, and all are held in place by segmental cleats A on each side ofthe machine.

At each end of the machine there is an inclined board, B, below themetal plate, With their ends inserted in grooves in the side pieces ofthe body, and across the center, under the metal plate, isa woodencross-bar, B, secured to said side pieces.A At the end opposite thehinged arms there is an inclined board, C, secured upon the inclinedplate B at that end of the machine, and its ends covering and closelyfitting down upon the segmental cleats A. At the other end of themachine a beveled crossstrip, C', is similarly screwed down over theends of said segmental cleats, and of about the same thickness as thethick slats b. These strips G and C' hold the segmental cleats in (M0del.)

place; but the same maybe further secured by a single screw, b, at thecentral part of each. By unscrewing and removing the plate() alltheslatsb b may be removed and replaced. At the end of the machine to whichAthe hinged arms are attached is another inclined crossboa-rd, G",secured to the side pieces of the body, and its upper surface beingflush therewith.

Dis a segmental rocker, having four or more corrugated cross slats ordashers, d, and being journaled in two hinged or pivoted arms, D D', andhaving a handle, h, at one end for oscillating the same. It will be seenthat the center of the box is a little to one side of a vertical centralline through the axis of the segmental rocker. By having the centerofthe rocker-axis to one side ofthe center of the boX there will be agreater space left between the rocker and the curved bottom of the boxon one side than on the other. The operator, being at that end ot thebox which has the greatest space, is enabled to feed in the clothing tobe washed, and then the clothing is readily dra-wn down from this spaceinto the box and between the two washing-surfaces. rIhe tendency of therocker will be to steadily draw the clothing downward to be Washed. Thisrocker, by means of said hinged arms, may be raised to a verticalposition, as shown in Fig. l. These arms are connected at their lowerends by a broad plate,e, and to the inner side of said plate is attacheda beveled strip, e', which plate and strip vserve to conduct any waterdripping down from the rocker, when raised to a vertical position, backinto the body of the machine.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

ln a washing-machine, the curved metallic bottom B, letinto the sidesofthe body, in combination with the wooden door b', composed of thinslats, with alternate thick but grooved slats b resting upon andsupported by said bottom B, and with the segmental cleats A, whichconfine the door to the bottom, and the removable plate G, all arrangedsubstantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of September, 1880.

- BENJAMIN WRIGHT. Witnesses:

JAMES B. THOEN, T. W. TOLEBARK.

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